Smyrna times., 1887-03-02
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The trial of ofEx-Alderman Cloou,,
begun in New York Monday was
The war preparations of France ara
stlll going on and Germany is keeninS
strict watch on her restless neigbbor
1t is said that since the earthouake on
January 3lst, the land in Tyreil comfy
on on the North Carolina coast, has risen
Two or three Lake Erie fisherman
are Known to have been frozen to death
ana others suffered terribly in Satur-
days storm.
Inc European earthquake still rum
6les and quakes and the inhabitants of
southern Italy are kept on the alert
escaping falling walls.
The discussion of the Legislative An
preparation bill resulted in the most
disorderly day of the session in the
House of Representatives.
A new torpedo boat, designed to fire
t0rpedOes under the network of chains
placed around a vessel, has been sue
cessfully tested at Washington.
Mrs. ROxalana Druse, who murdered
her husband and chopped up his body,
which she afterwards partly burned
was hagned at Herkimer, New York.
Monday.
A tornado struck EatontOn, Ga. on
Saturday afternoon, blowing down two
buildings and damaging several others.
"A man named Marshall was killed and
several other persons were injured.
The Pier of the Morgan Steamship
Company, No 81 North River. New
York, was totally destroyed bv fire.
with the steamer Lone Star and mauv
lighters loaded with cotton, Monday.
The President has signed the act TO
indemnify certain subjects of the Chi
nese Empire for losses sustained bv the
violence Ofa mob at Rock SPRINGS
wyoming Territory, in September 1885
The House Labor Arbitration bill
and the House bill to prevent the en-
plOyment ofcOmVict or alien labor upon
public buildings or public works were
passed by the Senate without amend
ment.
Mrs. Cart and her two children were
caught by violent snOw-storm while
returning from visit to neighborinr
rancho near HOlbroOk, Arizona on the
18th instant. Their lifeless bodies were
found next day.
The bill to create Il department of
Agriculture and Labor and to make the
Secretary thereof a Cabinet officer pass
ed the Senate on Wednesday, with a
few amendments that will have to be
concurred in by the House before it
goes to the President for his signature.
a severe snow stor prevailed last
week throughout the northern section
OF New York, New Hampshire and Yer
mont. About a foot of snow fell upon
a level, but was blown in places into
drifts from five to twenty feet deep.
Railroad travel in all directions was
blocked
Wars and rumOrs of wars, earth
qakes, pestilence and famine in vari-
Gus parts of the world, enough to salts
fy the most insatiate old fashioned al
manac maker. These recurren: earth
quakes are apt to make folks believe
that mother earth is almost as unstable
as the sea.
Manufacturers convey the pleasing
intelligence that the prospect for good
times in the spring and early summer
are quite promising. If the manufact-
urers are busy, the carpenters, brick
layers and laborers will have plenty to
do. We are dependent on one another
in a measure.
License to sell whiskey, carried in
Lincoln county, West Virginia, took
effect last Monday. On Wednesday,
the town of Hamlin was filled with
drunken rOughs, and savage fight
was INDUCED in by score of them.
John Chapman was killed and several
others badly if not mortally wounded.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, says
that he will enforce the law against
unlicensed liquor shops, dance-halls,
etc, if it is possible to to do so. The
Mayor has shown that he has courage
of his convictions and the public may
expect some tangible results from this
determination. 1t is to be hoped that
he will succeed.